Campus Notes

Physics lecture series to expand for 5th year

Featuring University physics faculty members, the renewed series is scheduled to begin Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in the Dennison Building, Room 170, with a presentation by physics Prof. Franco Nori.

Nori is scheduled to speak on the forces that contribute to the unexpected motions of avalanches.

The series is free and open to the public, with refreshments served beforehand. More information about the series can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.physics.lsa.umich.edu/ saturday/.

Stanford 'U' Prof. to speak on sustainable climate

In the latest installment of the Sustainable Development, Community and Business lecture series, Stanford University biology Prof. Stephen Schneider is scheduled to speak on sustainable climate today at 4 p.m. in Hale Auditorium in the Business School.

Author of several books about the Earth's climate, Schneider believes in fostering new ways of understanding humans' role as inhabitants of the Earth.

The lecture series is sponsored by the University's Erb Environmental Management Institute and the Corporate Environmental Management Program. Designed to increase the prospects of finding ways to meet the needs of sustainable human development in the 21st Century.

The series is a preview for the "National Town Meeting For a Sustainable America," which is scheduled to take place in Detroit this May.

Nursing professor appointed to committee

Nursing Prof. Sally Lusk was recently named to a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services committee, which reviews grant applications for the National Institutes of Health.

Lusk was chosen for the position based on her current research publications in the areas of noise-induced hearing loss prevention and noise effects on stress-related diseases.

Her term on the committee will expire June 30, 2002.

Lecture to focus on the future of 'U' research

The lecture is scheduled to be "Envisioning the Future of Higher Education: Perspectives From the Top."

The lecture will feature several speakers, including University President Lee Bollinger, University of Phoenix President Jorge Klor de Alva and American Association of Universities President Nils Hasselmo.

Addressing issues such as the demands research universities face in the technological age, Bollinger is scheduled to discuss how the University remains competitive among other large research-based universities and colleges in the nation.

- Compiled by Daily Staff Reporter Adam Zuwerink.

02-15-99